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Re: [RRG] DNS down vs Network down
- To: "Noel Chiappa" <jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
- Subject: Re: [RRG] DNS down vs Network down
- From: "William Herrin" <bill@herrin.us>
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:28:17 -0500
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Noel Chiappa <jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> wrote:
> > I think this means that being more explicitly reliant on DNS service
> > availability now, versus 20 years ago, is widely acceptable.
>
> True, and a good point, but... We do need to distingiush between "a member of
> the set of things required to be operational in order for normal users to be
> able to do stuff" and "a dependency loop which could prevent network
> engineering personnel from repairing a fault" - the latter set should be
> empty!
Hi Noel,
I concur. Have you spotted anything in TRRP that concerns you in this
respect? I have endeavored to identify and remove dependency loops but
I may yet have missed something.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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